Hey, here is a little trick I remember from when I used to go camping as a kid in the mountains in Virginia: If you get some Sage or Rosemary, wrap it inside tinfoil, dampen it with water, poke holes in the tinfoil. and put it inside your campfire.....The smoke from it will help keep most of the mosquitoes and other bugs away from your campsite. And, the smoke from it will last for several hours.
Well-done! There are so many rare endemic species and many more widely species here in California. The species can be hard to tell apart. They are so fascinating!
It’s not soft actually I live in cali and I made a flint knife using a 2 inch branch as handle and we had to use a cement grinding saw to cut it we tried a hatchet and normal saw
In case of survival you can suck on the leaf and there’s some slight moisture in there it’s fairly useful but you would have to do it a lot as they have very little moisture but in every leaf
I have a piece of land that is completely overgrown with manzanitas. Still trying to figure out what to do with all of it. I hope my wood chipper can deal with the hard wood. Maybe first rent one and try it out before I use mine.
Ladder fuel, got it skip. So, that is a downside to planting Manzanita in the yard if you live near forested areas. They say to clear vegetation away from these buildings in case of wildfire.
This stuff is a pest in Northeast Arizona. When a forest fire whips thru, these pop up and they actually make conditions drier because they are water sinks. The next fire is worse and they will burn very easily. Don't know where that myth came from.
Hey, here is a little trick I remember from when I used to go camping as a kid in the mountains in Virginia: If you get some Sage or Rosemary, wrap it inside tinfoil, dampen it with water, poke holes in the tinfoil. and put it inside your campfire.....The smoke from it will help keep most of the mosquitoes and other bugs away from your campsite. And, the smoke from it will last for several hours.
Well-done! There are so many rare endemic species and many more widely species here in California. The species can be hard to tell apart. They are so fascinating!
It's also a soft wood. You can chop a big bush down with a simple hatchet in 15 mins.
Softwood.?
It’s not soft actually I live in cali and I made a flint knife using a 2 inch branch as handle and we had to use a cement grinding saw to cut it we tried a hatchet and normal saw
Interesting stuff, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
In case of survival you can suck on the leaf and there’s some slight moisture in there it’s fairly useful but you would have to do it a lot as they have very little moisture but in every leaf
hello, could you send me the seeds of this plant? I live in the Russian Federation.
I have a piece of land that is completely overgrown with manzanitas. Still trying to figure out what to do with all of it. I hope my wood chipper can deal with the hard wood. Maybe first rent one and try it out before I use mine.
Ladder fuel, got it skip. So, that is a downside to planting Manzanita in the yard if you live near forested areas. They say to clear vegetation away from these buildings in case of wildfire.
This stuff is a pest in Northeast Arizona. When a forest fire whips thru, these pop up and they actually make conditions drier because they are water sinks. The next fire is worse and they will burn very easily. Don't know where that myth came from.
The dead ones will burn but the living ones are fairly resistant
@@Spiffy_Brix alive stumps yes but the top will burn just fine.